AN APPARENTLY NEW ANIMAL TYPE

An Apparently Undescribed Infectious Exanthem *

During the past few years, patients with an unidentified acute febrile illness have appeared on the wards of the New Haven Hospital. They present similar signs and symptoms. We have been unable to recognize this syndrome as that of any of the known infectious diseases. We believe that it may be a new disease and we are taking this opportunity to report eleven cases seen in the past five years, ...

A new Overlay for Plaquing Animal Viruses

Animal Prions Are a New Type of Infectious Agents Prions

Prions were originally defined as infectious agents of protein nature, which caused neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans. The prion concept implies that the infectious agent is a protein in special conformation that can be transmitted to the normal molecules of the same protein through protein–protein interactions. Until the 1990s, the prion phenomenon was associated with the single...

An Apparently Successful Case of Cardiac Massage

ago. Present confinement.?The membranes ruptured with the onset of labour and it was decided to apply forceps on account of primary uterine inertia which was contributed to by a cicatrical contraction in the vaginal canal about two inches above the vulva. Under chloroform ana;sthesia this was manually dilated and as forceps were being applied the patient suddenly stopped breathing. The forceps ...

polycystic ovary syndrome: an apparently simple yet challenging diagnosis